The view 'Index' or its master was not found.

Question

The view \'Index\' or its master was not found. The following locations were searched:
~/Views/ControllerName/Index.aspx
~/Views/ControllerName/Index.ascx
~/Views/Sh         


        

Answer 1

If You can get this error even with all the correct MapRoutes in your area registration and all other basic configurations are fine.

This is the situation:

I have used below mentioned code from Jquery file to post back data and then load a view from controller action method.

$.post("/Customers/ReturnRetailOnlySales", {petKey: '<%: Model.PetKey %>'}); 

Above jQuery code I didn't mentioned success callback function. What was happened there is after finishing a post back scenario on action method, without routing to my expected view it came back to Jquery side and gave view not found error as above.

Then I gave a solution like below and its working without any problem.

 $.post("/Customers/ReturnRetailOnlySales", {petKey: '<%: Model.PetKey %>'},
      function (data) {
 var url = Sys.Url.route('PetDetail', { action: "ReturnRetailOnlySalesItems", controller: "Customers",petKey: '<%: Model.PetKey %>'});
 window.location = url;});   

Note: I sent my request inside the success callback function to my expected views action method.Then view engine found a relevant area's view file and load correctly.